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Post by doofus67 on Nov 23, 2023 0:48:01 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 22 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 1 | COME TOGETHER...The Beatles [2nd week at #1] | | 2 | 2 | BABY IT'S YOU...Smith | | 3 | 3 | I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU...The Temptations | | 4 | 4 | SOMETHING...The Beatles | | 5 | 6 | SUITE: JUDY BLUE EYES...Crosby, Stills & Nash | | 6 | 8 | TAKE A LETTER MARIA...R.B. Greaves | | 7 | 5 | WEDDING BELL BLUES...The 5th Dimension | | 8 | 10 | UNDUN...The Guess Who | | 9 | --> | HERE COMES THE SUN...The Beatles | | 10 | --> | TRACY...The Cuff Links |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Nov 27, 2023 3:32:05 GMT -5
During the Fall of '69, I watched the short-lived, ABC-TV show called Music Scene. If anyone remembers it, they weekly featured Billboard charts and artists performing their hit singles.
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 30, 2023 2:01:08 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 29 The double-sided hit single received its first dose of poison in this date's issue of Billboard. Without a word of explanation anywhere in that week's 100 pages, the chart listings for "Come Together" and "Something", "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son", and "Don't Cry Daddy" and "Rubberneckin'" were combined for the first time. The #7 and #21 positions were conspicuous in their absence from the "last week" column. This was because, in each of the first two cases, the higher-ranked side was represented there. On November 22, "Something" was #3, while "Come Together" was #7; "Fortunate Son" was #14, while "Down on the Corner" was #21. So, what we saw on the 29th was the Beatles record going #3 to #1 and the CCR record going #14 to #9. The Elvis record was a debut at #73 on the 29th. Personally, as this Fantasy chart shows, I'm not a big fan, retrospectively, of the policy change. At the time, had I been older than two, I would have gone berserk over it.In case you're curious, Record World was already combining the individual tracks at one chart position. Here's how the individual tracks stacked up in the lone holdout, Cash Box: "Come Together" held at #1 for a second week.
"Something" dropped from #2 to #6.
"Fortunate Son" held at #9.
"Down on the Corner" held at #22.
"Don't Cry Daddy" debuted at #55.
"Rubberneckin'" didn't pop up on either the Top 100 or the Looking Ahead list of the "next 50."| TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 1 | COME TOGETHER...The Beatles | | 2 | 2 | BABY IT'S YOU...Smith | | 3 | 6 | TAKE A LETTER MARIA...R.B. Greaves | | 4 | 4 | SOMETHING...The Beatles | | 5 | 5 | SUITE: JUDY BLUE EYES...Crosby, Stills & Nash | | 6 | 3 | I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU...The Temptations | | 7 | 8 | UNDUN...The Guess Who | | 8 | 9 | HERE COMES THE SUN...The Beatles | | 9 | --> | DOWN ON THE CORNER...Creedence Clearwater Revival | | 10 | --> | BACKFIELD IN MOTION...Mel & Tim |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Nov 30, 2023 4:09:08 GMT -5
Unfortunately, there’s no right answer to the A/B scenarios. However, I always appreciated having double-sided titles listed as one single because that allowed one (or two or three) more artists to reach the Top 40.
And while on the topic, it’s interesting to note that, upon the #13 debut of George Harrison’s double-sided “My Sweet Lord” / “Isn’t It A Pity” one year later, Casey only played what eventually became the B side. I suspect this decision was based on Billboard’s single review (11/21/70) which listed “Isn’t It A Pity” as the A side.
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 30, 2023 11:11:08 GMT -5
I like to see chart action for each side of a single. It's cool to know that "Hey Jude" hit #1 and "Revolution" hit #12; that "I Get Around" went to #1 and "Don't Worry Baby" stalled at #24; that "Travelin' Man" topped the chart while "Hello, Mary Lou" joined it in the top 10; that "His Latest Flame" and "Little Sister" both were top-tenners.
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 30, 2023 13:18:02 GMT -5
| Chart date | "Little Sister" | "His Latest Flame" | | Aug 21, 1961 | 61 | -- | | Aug 28 | 26 | 66 | | Sept 4 | 15 | 32 | | Sept 11 | 9 | 22 | | Sept 18 | 13 | 4^ | | Sept 25 | 6 | 10 | | Oct 2 | 5^ | 26 | | Oct 9 | 8 | 21 | | Oct 16 | 17 | 22 | | Oct 23 | 34 | 41 | | Oct 30 | 34 | 55 | | Nov 6 | 48 | 57 | | Nov 13 | 56 | -- |
Fascinating, isn't it, Pete? Are you sure you don't want to know this stuff? Just kidding... |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 6, 2023 14:30:19 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 6 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 1 | COME TOGETHER...The Beatles [4th week at #1] | | 2 | 3 | TAKE A LETTER MARIA...R.B. Greaves | | 3 | 2 | BABY IT'S YOU...Smith | | 4 | 9 | DOWN ON THE CORNER...Creedence Clearwater Revival | | 5 | 4 | SOMETHING...The Beatles | | 6 | --> | CHERRY HILL PARK...Billy Joe Royal | | 7 | --> | EVIL WOMAN DON'T PLAY YOUR GAMES WITH ME...Crow | | 8 | --> | LEAVING ON A JET PLANE...Peter, Paul & Mary | | 9 | 10 | BACKFIELD IN MOTION...Mel & Tim | | 10 | 7 | UNDUN...The Guess Who |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 14, 2023 15:48:20 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 13 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 1 | COME TOGETHER...The Beatles [5th week at #1] | | 2 | 2 | TAKE A LETTER MARIA...R.B. Greaves | | 3 | 4 | DOWN ON THE CORNER...Creedence Clearwater Revival | | 4 | 6 | CHERRY HILL PARK...Billy Joe Royal | | 5 | 3 | BABY IT'S YOU...Smith | | 6 | --> | SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER...Diana Ross & the Supremes | | 7 | 8 | LEAVING ON A JET PLANE...Peter, Paul & Mary | | 8 | 7 | EVIL WOMAN DON'T PLAY YOUR GAMES WITH ME...Crow | | 9 | --> | FORTUNATE SON...Creedence Clearwater Revival | | 10 | --> | UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK...The Band |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 21, 2023 12:54:56 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 20 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 3 | DOWN ON THE CORNER...Creedence Clearwater Revival | | 2 | 1 | COME TOGETHER...The Beatles | | 3 | 2 | TAKE A LETTER MARIA...R.B. Greaves | | 4 | 4 | CHERRY HILL PARK...Billy Joe Royal | | 5 | 6 | SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER...Diana Ross & the Supremes | | 6 | 10 | UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK...The Band | | 7 | --> | NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE...Steam | | 8 | 8 | EVIL WOMAN DON'T PLAY YOUR GAMES WITH ME...Crow | | 9 | --> | WHOLE LOTTA LOVE...Led Zeppelin | | 10 | 9 | FORTUNATE SON...Creedence Clearwater Revival |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 27, 2023 6:42:58 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 27 Happy accident: back-to-back artists with identical first and middle names.| TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 1 | DOWN ON THE CORNER...Creedence Clearwater Revival
[2nd week at #1] | | 2 | 2 | COME TOGETHER...The Beatles | | 3 | 9 | WHOLE LOTTA LOVE...Led Zeppelin | | 4 | 5 | SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER...Diana Ross & the Supremes | | 5 | 7 | NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE...Steam | | 6 | 6 | UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK...The Band | | 7 | 4 | CHERRY HILL PARK...Billy Joe Royal | | 8 | --> | RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD...B.J. Thomas | | 9 | --> | JAM UP AND JELLY TIGHT...Tommy Roe | | 10 | 8 | EVIL WOMAN DON'T PLAY YOUR GAMES WITH ME...Crow |
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